You’re a passionate education professional who’s driven to deliver excellence in all you do and use your education experience to improve learning and teaching in public schools.
As a K12 Insight Project Analyst, Associate Director of Research, you’ll leverage your skills and expertise to help public school districts understand and engage their communities. Adept at thriving in a collaborative work environment, you’ll present reports and share complex information in an accessible, easy-to-understand way.
Learning alongside others is one of your key energy sources.
Responsibilities
Establish a strategic, collaborative, advisory relationship with key members of district leadership teams including superintendents and communications, academic and research officers
Cultivate among all K12 Insight clients a long-term view of the value of various K12 Insight products and services
Build capacity for strategic engagement-building work within district leadership teams. This includes establishing an annual or biannual cycle of survey research and communications, training key leadership team members on data analysis and interpretation, and advising on using data to set action steps for programmatic change.
Promote adoption of customized K12 Insight solutions
Innovate customized applications of K12 Insight solutions
Support multi-disciplinary teams to ensure projects are delivered to clients flawlessly and efficiently
Collaborate and coordinate with colleagues on other K12 Insight teams to improve quality and efficiency of our products and services
Partner with clients and collaborate with colleagues to prepare work for conferences and professional literature
Collaborate with the Director of Research to design survey instruments, analyze data and create reports
Collaborate with colleagues to develop research-based lines of inquiry on major focus areas in public education
Manage the workflow of data collection and reporting associated with surveys and focus group projects
Integrate communications technologies into strategic advising for building stakeholder engagement and district capacity
Design and conduct focus groups; prepare and present focus group reports
Conduct literature reviews and synthesize research studies
Maintain an acute awareness of current events in public education at local, state and national levels
Follow the professional literature concerning survey and focus group methodology and P20 educational research
Qualifications
Advanced degree in education or social science
Minimum three years of experience in a position involving technology which also required interaction with senior leaders
Outstanding oral and written communication skills
Organized, focused and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience with technical tools — Excel, Access, SQL or similar analytical software
Familiarity with statistical software programs (such as SPSS)
Working familiarity with all MS Office tools
Direct Report Director of Research
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Paid Vacation, Life Insurance, Disability
Perks: Monthly happy hours, unprofessional development series, tons of snacks and drinks, bi-weekly catered lunch, choice of technology tools and software, volunteer opportunities, book club… we work hard and play hard!
This is a full-time position based in Herndon, VA.
To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and portfolio to mbahta@k12insight.com. Submissions without a cover letter, resume and portfolio will not be considered.
